Here’s where to watch the Oscars this weekend in Canada

With or without a host, the show must go on

The 91st Academy Awards will take place this Sunday, February 24th at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

As was the case in previous years, Bell Media will be the exclusive Canadian broadcaster of the Oscars.This means that Canadians can tune into the film awards ceremony on Bell’s CTV, CTV.ca and the CTV app when it begins at 5pm PT/8pm ET.

As well, Canadians can check out a suite of Oscars coverage leading up to and following the show on both CTV and Twitter, including:

Bell’s eTalk entertainment show providing live red carpet coverage and post-show recaps on CTV and on Twitter at @etalkctv with the hashtag #EtalkRedCarpet

Aisha Tyler and Dave Karger will host @IMDb‘s third annual live Oscars streaming companion show from Elton John’s annual Oscars viewing party in West Hollywood starting at 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET to 8:30pm PT/11:30pm ET

This year, the nominees for the show’s top honour, Best Picture, are as follows:

Black Panther

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Bohemian Rhapsody

The Favourite

Green Book

Roma

A Star is Born

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Interestingly, Twitter Canada says the most-talked-about Best Picture nominees in Canada are as follows:1. Black Panther2. A Star is Born3. Bohemian Rhapsody4. The Favourite5. Green Book

It’s worth noting that several Canadians are up for Oscars this year as well.

Three of the Best Animated Short nominees come from Canadian creators: Pixar production Bao by Toronto-raised Domee Shi (the film is set in Toronto as well), Animal Behaviour by Vancouver’s David Fine and Alison Snowden and Weekends by Canadian-born director Trevor Jimenez.

Additionally, the live action short film category features Montreal finalists Jeremy Comte for Fauve and Marianne Farley for Marguerite.

Finally, Canadians nominated for production-related Oscars this year include sound mixer Paul Massey (born in England, holds Canadian citizenship and lived in Toronto for 13 years) for Bohemian Rhapsody and St. Thomas, Ontario-born set decorator Gordon Sim for Mary Poppins Returns.

The full list of nominees can be found here. All awards will be aired live as in previous years, following the Academy’s reversal of its controversial decision to present four categories during commercial breaks.

However, it’s important to note that this year’s show won’t actually have a host — the first time this has happened since the 61st Academy Awards in 1989, which is widely regarded as the worst Oscars ever. Comedian-actor Kevin Hart was originally supposed to host but stepped down in December after homophobic tweets he had made several years ago resurfaced.

The Academy also reportedly plans to have the main cast of The Avengers films assemble on stage before some of them depart the franchise in April’s Avengers: Endgame.

In terms of performances, viewers can expect to see Queen and Adam Lambert performing some of the iconic rock band’s songs featured in Bohemian Rhapsody, as well as Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga singing “Shallow” from their acclaimed music drama A Star is Born.

Do you have a specific film, actor, director or crew member that you’d like to see take home an Oscar? Let us know in the comments.